Unlike the Great Song merchant district of Baghdad, the Great Song merchant district of Basra has a clear tendency to be fortified. Of course, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty did not dare to build a fortress blatantly, and from the outside, it was very ordinary, and even a little messy. Looking down from the top of the interior, the seemingly haphazardly stacked objects can quickly form a camp as long as they are moved nearby.

On the 6th day of the seventh month of the Western calendar, all the Great Song merchants living in Baghdad appeared in Basra. Most people look depressed, and there is no surprise at all to get out of danger as soon as possible. The head of the intelligence station ignored them and quickly called the intelligence officers to hold a meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, the stationmaster said frankly: "Now the situation is urgent, and we have begun to prepare for retreat, just waiting for news from Mumbai." ”

No one disputes this. There were people in this world who died that day, but Hao Ren's death was enough to set off huge waves in the two river basins. Mongolia used to tolerate the existence of the Great Song Dynasty's trading ports, but now it cannot be so optimistic. The stationmaster continued, "Who do you think will do it? Let's use the elimination method. ”

The blackboard soon listed various forces, such as the Great Khan of Timur, the Mongol princes, the slave dynasty, and many other forces, even the official and unofficial forces of the Great Song Dynasty.

The unofficial forces of the Great Song Dynasty were the first to be eliminated, and the intelligence officers could be sure that no one in the shop had done anything. These merchants were extremely depressed at this time, although they did not refuse to leave their belongings and only carry their valuables and run away, but so many valuable things were left in Baghdad, and there was no possibility of recycling. They are simply heartbroken.

The possibility of the assassin sent by the Great Song Dynasty has been reduced to a very low level, although it cannot be completely ruled out, at least there is no information about this in the department directly in charge of this matter. The previous view on Mongolia was 'wait for the Great Song Dynasty to become stronger overseas before talking about it'.

Timur Khan was the next force to be eliminated, and his conflict with Hao Ren was not a secret, so the intelligence station believed that Timur was not a murderer. Poisoning Hao Ren is the way, inviting Hao Ren to the palace to kill and then pretending to be a violent death is the way, and even the Ming canonical punishment is also under consideration. Even if it is to carry out assassination, it can also be assassinated in the house of other ministers. In short, the fact that he was assassinated in the street by surprise made the intelligence officers think that it was not Timur who did it.

The most suspicious thing here is the Mongolian prince, but which force ordered it? What is the purpose?

Some tired stationmasters asked everyone to rest for a while. Looking at the thoughtful expression on the face of the man who was collecting intelligence in Baghdad as a tea shop bookkeeper, the stationmaster asked the cadre, who had not spoken, what he thought.

The bookkeeper spoke with a thoughtful expression: "I have heard of this method of assassination, and some of those who came to drink tea have said it. I think it's ridiculous that they have such a low status and think about this. ”

"Is it the True God Cult or the Mongols?" The stationmaster hurriedly asked, and everyone else looked at it in surprise.

"Taught by the true gods." The bookkeeper replied.

The intelligence officers looked at each other for a moment, and saw that the expressions of the upper echelons were serious. The bookkeeper was surprised and asked, "Are you serious?" ”

The stationmaster's voice was very serious, "A group of poor people can think of it, didn't the upper echelons think of it?" ”

"But if they do that, the True God Cult will suffer together."

The stationmaster replied: "Where is there a unified upper echelon of the True God Cult, and even if there is a unified upper echelon, the True God Sect will not do its own thing. How many people have you heard about this kind of topic? ”

"Well......" replied after a moment's thought, "I've had to hear it a dozen times." ”

"Are you sure they said they would do it in case they met a Mongolian nobleman?"

"Well, sure. It's just that those people didn't take it seriously at the time, and I thought they were joking. ”

The informants frowned, which was indeed a bit suspicious. Without waiting for them to comment on the matter, someone hurried in and spoke a few words to the head of the intelligence station. The stationmaster's face changed greatly, he stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, the Mongolian court has ordered troops to be sent to arrest us, let's withdraw quickly!" ”

When night fell, the Song men were evacuated from the ship and left the port of Basra. Everyone was not in a good mood, even if they knew that this day might happen, they had already made a lot of preparations. Waiting for the day to happen, I still feel very lost. In such a mood, when they returned to Mumbai, they had to arrange accommodation and count the personnel roster. When they finally had time to discuss the matter, news from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean arrived in Mumbai.

On the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, the Mongol court sent a report that the Great Song Dynasty had colluded with the slave dynasty of the True God Cult to assassinate Prime Minister Hao Ren. The evidence is that the assassin was carrying a token made by the Great Song Dynasty, which was a cloisonné key produced by the Great Song Dynasty, with verses of the True God Cult on it.

New information was added, and the information previously told by the intelligence officer who had previously disguised himself as the account office immediately became the focus of discussion. Of course, the Great Song Dynasty did not collude with the True God Cult, but it is very likely that he is a True God Cultist. Who will be the one who will simply tell the true gods to do it?

A few days later, new news came. This is news from the Quadripartite Alliance, some of Hao Ren's guards escaped from Baghdad, and after Hao Ren's death, they fled quickly, but they were pursued by Timur Khan. The chase soon turned into a hunt, and many of the fleeing guards lost their lives. The guards who were able to escape were all using the channels of the Quadripartite Alliance in Mongolia to evade the pursuit of Timur Khan.

At the high-level meeting of the Mumbai Intelligence Service, someone asked the question, "What is Timur trying to do?" ”

The stationmaster of the bus information station said with a mocking smile: "It's like a child who has done something wrong, so he doesn't want people to know in every possible way, so that he can make up his own set of words." ”

The senior intelligence officers laughed, they all studied psychology, and their long hours of work also verified the theories from the official family of Zhao in the Great Song Dynasty. The level of psychological maturity of human beings is very low, and most people have not been able to get rid of the practice of children when they are old. The difference with children is that the skills and skills of adults to disguise and resist have probably improved a lot, but their level of understanding themselves and their instincts has not improved. In the eyes of high-ranking intelligence officers who had been trained, Timur's status did not contribute much to his psychological maturity. The man sitting in the place of the Great Khan of Mongolia was nothing more than an ordinary person.

This is not only Tiemur, but also many officials of the Great Song Dynasty. There are only a few people who can convince these intelligence officers, and Zhao Guanjia is undoubtedly the most dazzling among many people.

"If Timur doesn't do this, but immediately sends someone to the Yuan Kingdom to report the news, and asks the Yuan Kingdom to send someone to pick up Hao Ren's body......"

"Report!" Someone interrupted the meeting.

"Come in."

"Report, the Mongolian court released news that Hao Ren was assassinated and wounded, but did not die."

"Oh? It's true? The Chief of Intelligence looked at the head of the Basra Intelligence Station.

The stationmaster said firmly: "The prince over there personally confirmed that Hao Ren is dead. ”

"Huh! Scold! Hahahaha! The Commissioner couldn't help but laugh. The others laughed too. The Commissioner laughed for a moment, and sighed with mockery and pity, "What's the difference between this and a child? ”

The head of the Basra Intelligence Station was also smiling bitterly, and he had just noticed that a banner was hanging on the wall of the conference room of the Mumbai Intelligence Office, and the one opposite the station chief was supposed to be Zhao Guanjia's words, but the silver hook and iron painting were light. The banner reads, 'Face the Facts, Accept the Facts, Admit the Facts'. The Basra Intelligence Station is an underground site, and it would not be possible to openly display such a banner.

Looking at such words, listening to what happened in the Mongolian court, this is ridiculous and alarming. No one wants to see tragedy, and it is human instinct to die and hurt the tragedy of rabbits and foxes. But when a tragedy has already happened, if you can immediately admit that it has happened and respond realistically, the tragedy will come to an end. But rejecting tragedy seems to be a human instinct. In order to refuse to admit it, one lie is covered up with ten lies, and then the next tragedy leads to ten tragedies.

The internal study meeting of the intelligence department often talked about Zhao Guanjia's speech, and the stationmaster used to think that Zhao Guanjia was really smart and wise, able to understand people's hearts, and able to see through the world. At this time, listening to the tragic chain drama being staged by the Mongolian court, the stationmaster felt that he might have misunderstood the Zhao Guanjia before. Zhao Guanjia, who can say such things, doesn't know how many tragedies he has watched, the death of a rabbit and a fox are sad, how can Zhao Guanjia's mood when he said these words be proud and complacent.

The level of discussion in the Mongol court was obviously not as high as that of the Great Song intelligence department, and they did not realize that what they were doing was contributing to the trouble, and even the Empress Dowager Kuokuozhen thought that it was right to block the news of Hao Ren's assassination. At this time, Kuokuo was really discussing with Yuxi Timur: "Imperial envoy, this matter must not be misunderstood by the Yuan Kingdom. ”

Yuxi Timur's face was sad, he was appointed to investigate the truth, and everyone, including the captain of the Great Khan's guard, was imprisoned and interrogated, and now the confession and conclusion of the interrogation are that the True God Cult assassinated Hao Ren. A cloisonné key was recovered from the assassin's body, identical to the one worn by the Slave Dynasty. It must have been made in the Great Song Dynasty.

It was determined that it was not the Empress Dowager and the Great Khan who ordered the killing, and the words shouted by the assassin at that time made it clear that they had been premeditated for a long time. Knowing the viciousness of this provocation, Yuxi Timur also agreed to temporarily announce that Hao Ren was not dead. However, Yuxi Timur responded: "Queen Mother, the minister wants to send an envoy to Boyan." ”

Kuokuo was really stunned, and asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" ”

"This matter must be done by a figure like Prime Minister Boyan to convince Yuan Guo." Yuxi Timur replied decisively.

Kuo Kuo really thought for a while and said, "Why do you want the imperial envoy to go in person? ”

"Only when the minister goes in person can he say that Prime Minister Boyan will come forward to mediate."

"This ......" Kuokuo really wanted to oppose but didn't know what to say, she knew what kind of character Boyan was, such a big man was not a person who could easily say something. But Yuxi Timur left, and the court lost a person who could be relied on in a short time, and she didn't want Yuxi Timur to go.

"Queen Mother, the ministers will go back quickly. If the minister stays in the court, the people sent are afraid that they will not be able to convince Prime Minister Boyan. Yuxi Timur said. He knew it was true, but he also knew that one of the main reasons he wanted to leave was that he really didn't know how to solve it.